This astonishing novel braids the stories of people on both sides of World War Two. At a house party beside Georgian Bay, on the eve of war, Victoria Treloar of London is attracted to poet Grant Giovanelli from Toronto. The next day, at a castle in Germany, Clara Dunsmuir of New Brunswick marries her fiancé Peter von Metternich, thus barely escaping internment as an enemy alien. Throughout the war, Clara and her best friend Tatiana Miloslavsky secretly help Tati¹’s husband Klaus to save refugees, then carry out the bomb attack on Hitler in 1944. Grant Giovanelli fights U-boats in the North Atlantic, his brother Jack parachutes on a commando mission into occupied France. Vivid battle scenes interlock with the love stories, while Hitler, Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt plot their separate wars that ruin the world.

James Bacque of Canada is the best-selling author of Other Losses and Crimes and Mercies – both histories of the aftermath of World War Two in Europe. He has also written two novels, a book of short stories, two anthologies and a biography. He has been published in nine languages in eleven countries around the world. Crimes and Mercies and Other Loses will be reprinted by Exile Editions in 2006, under the new Exile Educational Series imprint.

Readers interested in the author and his books may consult www.jamesbacque.com. They will find material about the creation of the novel, along with source notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.

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